Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Summer Jazz Academy Big Bands, featuring exemplary high school jazz musicians from around the nation, unveil two weeks of dedicated work under the instruction of Jazz at Lincoln Center Managing & Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis and other leading jazz faculty, followed by a special performance by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. Summer Jazz Academy is Jazz at Lincoln Center's, two week residential high school summer institute for advanced study in jazz performance.

The Jazz Academy is the home of the educational initiatives of Jazz at Lincoln Center. Jazz at Lincoln Center’s (JALC) jazz education programs drive our organization’s efforts to advance the appreciation, understanding, and performance of jazz.

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